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Oct 29, 2016 7:49 AM CST
Name: Mika
Oxfordshire, England and Mento
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Bees here really love alliums - for an early bee magnet that is a bit different and blooms for a long while, there is allium bulgaricum

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They also love all the later, big alliums like gladiator, ambassador, gigantium...

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Echinops ritro
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And they go for salvias, too (here, s. nemerosa East Friesland and s. farinacea Sallyfun Blue)

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Sorry, not all bulbs of course.
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